Our company’s success is largely due to the efforts of our roughly 46,000 employees around the globe. We are committed to protecting their health and safety, and we strive to create a fair and ethical workplace environment. We provide good jobs—often in rural communities with high unemployment rates—and offer competitive wages, robust benefits packages, and opportunities for career development and advancement. Very often, we’re the largest employer in the regions where we operate.
We recognize that our jobs can be demanding. Raising hogs on farms, driving transport trucks, and preparing food in processing plants require solid skills and hard work. For that reason, we emphasize workplace safety and training, as well as employee health and wellness. In our industry, employee turnover can exceed 50 percent. Although we are always seeking to improve employee retention, our company turnover rate is consistently below the industry average.
